Commonwealth Games 2018: Sri Lanka shine on day six

COLOMBO (News 1st) -  The Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia got off to a great start today (April 10), with Sri Lanka advancing through in the qualifying rounds of various sporting categories. Thiwanka Ranasinghe won the quarterfinals of the 46 - 49KG weight class Men's Boxing event. He will now proceed to the quarterfinals. Ranasinghe is assured of a medal as there is no third place match in boxing, the players defeated in the semi-finals will be awarded bronze medals. In Table Tennis, Erandi Warusawithana won against Cynthia Kwabi of Ghana (4-0) in game 1 of the Women's singles group 3.   Meanwhile, Ishara Madurangi won  game 1 of the Women's singles group 7, defeating Mauritius's Ruqayyah Kinoo (4-1). Hansani Kapugeekiyana defeated Hareem Anwar Ali of Pakistan in the Table Tennis Women's Singles (4-0). In game 1 of the men's table tennis Singles Group 12 - Imesh Ranasinghe won against Andrea Michel of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4-0) while Buwaneka Jayasingha Mudiyanselage defeated Shaquan Hodge (4-0) in the Men's Singles Table Tennis group 10 game. Buwaneka Goonethilleka advanced to the Men's Singles Round of 32 in the badminton event by defeating  Pakistan's Murad Ali (2-0). Sachin Dias and Thilini Pramodhika advanced to the final 32 in the Mixed Badminton event with their win over Uganda's Edwin Ekirin and Shammi Bangi . Rumeshika Rathnayake came in second in the Women's 200 Metres heats. She clocked a time of 23.43 seconds, to qualify for the semi-finals.